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123042 PS Proseminar Literature (2013W)

Disability in Literature

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

This course will take place in English on Friday from 12 to 2 pm (room 1)

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 11.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 18.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 25.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 08.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 15.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 22.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 29.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 06.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 13.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 10.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 17.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 24.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Freitag 31.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Montag 03.02. 10:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In the last two decades “disability studies” has emerged as a new field of research in literary studies thanks to major publications such as Ato Quayson’s Aesthetic Nervousness: Disability and the Crisis of Representation, The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies as well as The Disability Studies Reader published by Routledge in 2006. In this course we will discuss poems, novels and a play in which disability (cognitive, emotional and physical) features prominently. In the course of literary history, disabled characters have functioned as symbols of evil, monsters, criminals as well as heroes. More recently, writers have portrayed disabled characters to undermine mainstream discursive constructions of “normalcy” in society. In postcolonial/ developing countries, disability gets further complicated by poverty and is directly linked to brutal political systems which increasingly use the body as an instrument to fuel or resolve social conflicts. As Quayson suggests, disability turns into an “excessive sign” that requires and demands interpretation. Significantly, disability cannot be considered as the tragic predicament of a single individual but mirrors the larger cultural and infrastructural environment in which it is embedded. After an introductory discussion on different forms of disability in various contexts, students will look at disability as a literary device and at the “aesthetic nervousness” triggered by the representation of impaired characters in fiction.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Class participation, written assignments, short oral presentation, mid-term paper, end-term paper.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students will become familiar with basic skills required to analyse and interpret different literary genres (poems, short stories, novels and plays). They will also learn how to write academic papers.

Prüfungsstoff

interactive, small-group and classroom discussions, reading assignments, oral presentations and close-reading of texts.

Literatur

Toni Morrison's Sula, J.M. Coetzee's In the Heart of the Country, J.M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K., a play by Harold Pinter & John Milton's poem "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent"
A reader will be provided at the beginning of the course (available for purchase from Copystudio Schwarzspanierstraße)

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612;
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA 9.1, BA10.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3040

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33